House build!!!

[Big Flounder]

Originally Posted by flounder_smacker

Slabs are going to crack. Most people concentrate more on the slab than the dirt underneath it. Poor dirt will result in a bad slab. I know round Lafayette there is no required compaction test for residential.

I had an option. Compaction test or those footings I have every 6' that go 12" below existing grade. The guy that hauled my dirt and built my pad was digging a big pond down the road and was also building another pad that was going with a compaction test. He built a couple pads with that dirt and all of his compaction tests were 97 to 98s. To me the dirt looks great and it did rain on it a couple of times before they covered it. It is hard as a rock.